Picked this up a few weeks ago because I thought it was neat and I wanted to study it. Looks to be in decent shape, though it does have some pitting in places. Mould looks like it will throw a decent bullet. marked 32-40M, the chamber is marked 32.

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Sat, 09 Mar 2019 23:31:31 GMTWell, sometimes it pays to look in your stash of stuff!!! Look here what got put in the corner of the building about 25+ years ago. This was my Dad’s first,and only,progressive reloader. I cut my teeth on this thing, boy was it a step up from single stage!! Just thought I’d share a piece of reloader history! Gonna dust it off and see if I remember how to shift a standard! Hahaha!
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Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:56:51 GMTIs the decapper that came with the 310 tool 5-die sets (neck sizer is a separate die) the same for all 5-die tool sets (i.e. - can it be used as a universal decapper), or does it's diameter/length vary within different 5-die caliber sets?
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Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:47:29 GMTI have seen roomers of Lee coming out with an inverted Lee sizing press. Does anyone have any info or updates? Any and all information would be greatly appreciated.I have seen roomers of Lee coming out with an inverted Lee sizing press. Does anyone have any info or updates? Any and all information would be greatly appreciated.
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Sat, 23 Feb 2019 16:59:03 GMTThis is what I did to cut down a 460S&W factory crimp die to fit the 454 Casull.

Screw your 460 die partway into a press. take a punch and a small hammer to tap the collet insert out of the die body. Go easy and don't break anything.

Once they are apart, take a sharpie and mark the die body at 2.000", mark the collet at 1.285".
Cut them off with a hacksaw, dremel, lathe, anything that can make a nice cleah cut.
Be sure to cut the collet a little long, so you can fine tune it to get the crimp where you want it. Mine is finished up at 1.285"
Be sure to debur your cuts.

I took a set of number punches and marked the collet 454.
Clean everything up and slide the collet back into the body and give it a try.
Let me know if anything is not clear.

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Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:54:43 GMTI have a Lee hand press. I like it a lot. But for the life of me I can't figure out why Lee thought the knife-edges on the handles was a good idea.

I can't be the only one to notice the discomfort of the Lee Hand Press. And I'm sure brighter minds than mine have figured out a clever solution. So what do you guys do? Wrap it in leather? Wear gloves? Fill in the frame with foam?
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Wed, 20 Feb 2019 02:55:20 GMTI'm fairly new to reloading. I acquired an 1898 Springfield Krag, which I am devising my plan to reload for. Since I'm still pretty new at this, so I'm trying to stay within published data for working up my reloads.

Krag bullets have a standard diameter of .309. I slugged my bore and came up with .3105. From what I've read, to prevent leading and get proper forming into the rifling, I should be looking for a mold with a diameter of .311-.312. The only thing I can find, would be to cast for 303 British. Lyman Mold #314299 303 Caliber (314 Diameter) 200 Grain Round Nose Gas Check, and then I could size it down to .311 or .312.

However the lyman manual doesn't have specs to use .303 brittish in a krag, and it doesn't seem exactly appropriate to use .303 british reloading data, when I'm using Krag brass and krag chamber specs. I want to buy a mold for the proper diameter projectile to fit my bore, but I’m also wanting to stay within the published loading tables. This data doesn't seem to exist, unless I just go with the smaller .309 projectile. I emailed lyman with this question, and I'm waiting to hear back. I'm 99% sure they are going to say there is no loading data for this combination.